James, not sure what to say but that did it. It listed all of the tables and fiellds and fast also. I appreciate it very very much.
Terry PS: Why WHERE 0=1 though? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terry C. Mergl - MCSE, CNA, WCSPV Darien Telephone Co. 1011 North Way Darien, GA 31305 912-437-6677 voice 912-270-0505 mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail message and any attachments may be confidential, proprietary or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, any unauthorized review, disclosure, use or distribution is prohibited. If you are an unintended recipient, please delete this information from your computer and contact Darien Telephone Co., immediately by replying to this message or by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Oracle 8.i and querying for table/field list Try this <cfquery datasource="alopa" username="metaserv" password="metaserv" name="findfields"> Select * From #i# WHERE 0=1 </cfquery> Yes, I did type that correctly. The fieldnames should still be returned, even though the recordcount is 0. On 7/31/06, Terry C. Mergl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll give it a whirl. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Terry C. Mergl - MCSE, CNA, WCSPV > Darien Telephone Co. > 1011 North Way > Darien, GA 31305 > 912-437-6677 voice > 912-270-0505 mobile > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Administrator > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > This e-mail message and any attachments may be confidential, > proprietary or privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to an intended > recipient, any unauthorized review, disclosure, use or distribution is > prohibited. If you are an unintended recipient, please delete this > information from your computer and contact Darien Telephone Co., > immediately by replying to this message or by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:44 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Oracle 8.i and querying for table/field list > > On Monday 31 July 2006 15:31, Terry C. Mergl wrote: > > <cfquery datasource="alopa" username="metaserv" password="metaserv" > > name="findfields"> > > Select * From #i# > > </cfquery> > > <guess>One of the tables is huge. Try count(*) instead.</guess> > > -- > Tom Chiverton > > **************************************************** > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in > England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered > office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. > A list of members is available for inspection at the registered > office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. > Regulated by the Law Society. > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above > and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the > addressee you must not read it and must not use any information > contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells > LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have > received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:248238 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
